The inspired Nyol Manswel is back for the 2016 Carnival season voicing his own composition called “Love Up T&T”. Nyol has teamed up with with a formidable array of talented musicians including:

• Frankie McIntosh - Keyboards
  
• Terry Shaw - Guitar
  
• Clyde Mitchell and Ricardo Persad - Trumpet
  
• Leopold Stevenson - Saxophone
  
• Michael Rodriguez - Trombone
  
• Nicholas Jones - Steeldrums
  

The chorus is provided by Nyol Manswell and Naomi Banfield while the musical arrangement is by the legendary Frankie Macintosh. The fabulous horn section was coordinated by Richard Quarless.

In the song, Nyol calls on us to show appreciation for Trinidad and Tobago:

Two sisters standing side by side,
Splendid! Majestic!
Beauty to make you doubt your eyes,
Heart stopping! Fantastic!
Forged from the love of freedom, the people good and proud Trinidad and Tobago: I’m screaming it aloud,
Some say dat’ God lives here,
That is why I declare,
These dots on the map,
Nobody could hold we back.

In the Chorus he calls on us to:

Love up T&T, Love up T&T
Love up T&T, oh oh, love up mih country.

He reminds us that despite the small geographical size of the twin island republic:

We offer the best of this world
Cyar’ doubt that; it’s a fact
A melting pot of race unfolds
One nation, Explosion
Chutney, soca and limbo, parang and calypso
The magic of the steel pan to wake up and rock your soul We could stand up and boast
We win miss universe
Through Crawford and Walcott we win Olympic gold

Finally, he notes that:

Through every pain and strife we smile No party could miss we
Even when some remove the pride
Of being a trini
Leave them up to the master we goin’ on with life
Winin until we sober, we have no time for fight No matter where we go
We bound to come back home
Cause we know we carnival is the greatest show

A patriotic gem for the 2016 Carnival!